Sunday, February 27, 2011

Carrot and Strawberry cake



Ingredients
carrot 2 medium washed, peeled & grated fine          strawberries 12-15          sugar/ substitute 2 tbsp
maida/ all purpose flr 1 1/2 cup            eggs 2         butter 1 tbsp           baking pdr 1 tsp
curd 2 tbsp         milk 1/4-1/2 cup           cinnamon pdr 1/4 tsp or vanilla essence 1/2 tsp
raisins 15 or more    
 you can use nuts of your choice chopped fine, I've not used, as my hubby can't eat nuts

Method
1) grate carrots fine & keep aside ( can be done in the morning & store in the fridge till you bake.
2) chop 10 strawberries into small pieces
3) Preheat oven to 150 Deg. C ( you must sieve flr well along with baking pdr & keep it ready)
4) In a big bowl, break eggs, beat along with sugar/ sugar substitute & butter well.
5) Add little flr, beat well, add curd, beat well.
6) Now add some more flr., beat, then add some milk mix well.
7) Add the remaining flr. if any, beat well & add milk to get the dropping consistency like for any cake
8) Mix in cinnamon pdr/ vanilla essence, strawberries, raisins & nuts if you're using. Mix well.
9) grease a baking tin well with butter, you may dust it with some flr evenly all around.
10) pour the batter, level it & bake for 20-25 minutes till the knife that you insert comes out clean.
11) decorate with some chopped strawberries & serve hot/ cold. You may use some cream or serve with ice-cream.

I love eating cake hot, just like my son ! I wish he was here to have tasted it today, as it came out really soft & tasted good. Only then, we'd have fought for more pieces !
unlike normal cakes, there is very less fat in this, less sugar too, so healthier !
To be frank, I never measure when I bake/ cook, ingredients are put as I feel it is fine !

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